News Archives 2004

HEADLINES

“Greenspan Warns That U.S. Deficits Pose Risk to Dollar” (NYT, 11-19-04)
“FRANKFURT, Nov. 19 - Alan Greenspan came to the home of the euro today and warned anxious Europeans to expect little relief from the relentless decline of the dollar against their currency”
“This is not the first time Mr. Greenspan has warned about the risks of a spiraling current-account deficit. In testimony before Congress last February, he said "foreign investors, both private and official, may become less willing to absorb ever-growing claims on U.S. residents."
“As he did last winter, Mr. Greenspan said today that his preferred remedy would be for the Bush administration to bring down both the current-account and budget deficits. That would encourage household savings in the United States, which are also at extraordinarily low levels”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/business/19cnd-greenspan.html?hp&ex=1100926800&en=265 918b7fd2a8d29&ei=5094&partner=homepage

“U.S. General speaks out on new abuse probe” (USAt, 12-5)
“Gen. Mark Kimmitt, now based in Qatar, spoke on the pan-Arab television network a day after the U.S. military launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees.
Other photos show what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.
The photos, found by an Associated Press reporter, were among hundreds in an album posted on a commercial photo-sharing Web site by a woman who said her husband brought them from Iraq after his tour of duty.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-12-05-kimmitt_x.htm?csp=21&pubdate=Mon %20Dec%206%2007%3A43%3A20%20EST%202004

“Colin Powell Submits Resignation” (CNN, 11-15-04)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/15/powell/index.html

“War-racked Fallujans Seek Aid” (CNN, 11-15-04)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/15/iraq.main/index.html

Bush Moves to Privatize Social Security (USAt, 11-15)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-11-10-social-security_x.htm?csp=21&pubda te=Mon%20Nov%2015%2013%3A36%3A45%20EST%202004
“A starting point is a plan proposed by a presidential commission in 2001 that would divert 2% of workers' payroll taxes into private accounts. The remaining 4.2% — and the Social Security taxes employers pay — would go into the system, helping fund benefits for current retirees. That leaves a shortfall of at least $2 trillion to continue funding benefits for those current retirees.”

2 TRILLION DOLLARS 2,000,000,000,000.00 ( TWO MILLION MILLION DOLLARS)

IRAQ COALITION CASUALTY COUNT http://icasualties.org/oif/
US TROOP FATALATIES IN IRAQ AS OF NOV 15, 2004 : 1,225

http://www.afrtrust.org/

“U.S. Judge Halts War-Crime Trial at Guantanamo” (NYT 11-9-04)
“GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba, Nov. 8 - A federal judge ruled Monday that President Bush had both overstepped his constitutional bounds and improperly brushed aside the Geneva Conventions in establishing military commissions to try detainees at the United States naval base here as war criminals.”
“The ruling by Judge James Robertson of United States District Court in Washington brought an abrupt halt to the trial here of one detainee, one of hundreds being held at Guantánamo as enemy combatants. It threw into doubt the future of the first set of United States military commission trials since the end of World War II as well as other legal proceedings devised by the administration to deal with suspected terrorists”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/09/politics/09gitmo.html?th=&adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1 100536197-ZbiN0R2NOUf0vjC7XfKFdQ

BUSH WINS:
“Confident Bush Outlines Ambitious Plans for 2nd Term”
(NYTimes Nov 5, 2004)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/05/politics/campaign/05bush.html

“Evolving Nature of Al Qaeda Is Misunderstood, Critic Says”
By JAMES RISEN
Published: November 8, 2004 NEW YORK TIMES
“WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 - The Bush administration has failed to recognize that Al Qaeda is now a global Islamic insurgency, rather than a traditional terrorist organization, and so poses a much different threat than previously believed, says a senior counterterrorism official at the Central Intelligence Agency”
“Michael Scheuer, the former chief of the C.I.A.'s Osama bin Laden unit and the author of a best-selling book critical of the administration's handling of the fight against terrorism, said in an interview with The New York Times this weekend that the government "doesn't respect the threat" because most officials still regard Al Qaeda as a terrorist organization that can be defeated by arresting or killing its operatives one at a time”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/08/politics/08intel.html

“DOD Warned About Halliburton Contracts” (USAT)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-28-fbi-halliburton_x.htm?csp=21&pubda te=Mon%20Nov%201%2012%3A36%3A44%20EST%202004

MSNBC “Texas amends textbooks to define marriage” (11-5-04) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6418029/

MSNBC “Texas Serial Killer Could Walk the Streets Again” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6417091/

Oct 29 New York Times:
Missing Explossives:“Video Shows GI at Weapons Cache”
“A videotape made by a television crew with American troops when they opened bunkers at a sprawling Iraqi munitions complex south of Baghdad shows a huge supply of explosives still there nine days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, apparently including some sealed earlier by the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/29/politics/29bomb.html?hp&ex=1099108800&en=7b767c25018d e326&ei=5094&partner=homepage

USA Today 11-1-04 “DOD warned about Halliburton contracts”
“WASHINGTON — The Pentagon extended a Halliburton Co. contract for 11 months beyond its expiration despite warnings that the company was "out of control" in its work providing troop support in the Balkans, government memos showed”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-28-fbi-halliburton_x.htm?csp=21&a mp;pubdate=Mon%20Nov%201%2012%3A36%3A44%20EST%202004

MSNBC 10-22“Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill
$136 billion measure assailed for catering to special interests”
The Associated Press
Updated: 4:44 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2004
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6307293/
“WASHINGTON - With no fanfare, President Bush Friday signed the most sweeping rewrite of corporate tax law in nearly two decades, showering $136 billion in new tax breaks on businesses, farmers and other groups.
Intended to end a bitter trade war with Europe, the election-year measure was described by supporters as critically necessary to aid beleaguered manufacturers who have suffered 2.7 million lost jobs over the past four years.”

About.com: (10-18-04)
http://uspolitics.about.com/b/a/2004_10_18.htm
“ Local Advertisers Pulling Out; Internal Exec Denounces Decision
News reports show that local advertisers in Maine, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota have pulled ads from Sinclair-owned stations to protest the conglomerate's decision to force local stations to run the controversial film "Stolen Honor." Even Sinclair's own Washington, DC news chief, Jon Leiberman, has protested: "It's biased political propaganda, with clear intentions to sway this election. For me, it's not about right or left -- it's about what's right or wrong in news coverage this close to an election." “

“Polls; views of America worsening’ (USAt, 10-15-04)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-10-15-poll_x.htm?csp=21&pub date=Sat%20Oct%2016%2019%3A03%3A20%20EDT%202004

“Fabricated Kerry Posting Leads to Apology from Fox News” (NYTimes 10-2)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/politics/campaign/03fox.html
“Plenty of news media analysts thought Senator John Kerry looked good at Thursday night's presidential debate, but Fox News went a step further, posting a made-up news article on its Web site that quoted Mr. Kerry as gloating about his fine manicure and his "metrosexual" appearance.
Fox News quickly retracted the article, saying in an editor's note on its Web site that the article "was written in jest and should not have been posted or broadcast.'' “

Rather, CBS apologize over controversial Bush Guard “documents” (CBS,9-20) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/20/politics/main644539.shtml
(see link below to actual letters in question)
Rather states “I’m sorry.”

U.S. Inspector’s Report: No WMD in Iraq (USAT, 9-18) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-09-18-iraq-nowmd_x.htm
“Since 2002, official U.S. statements have consistently obscured the fact that the Iraqis would have remained under close, on-scene monitoring for years to come, if Blix's U.N. inspection regime had not been short-circuited by the American invasion.
Once U.N. inspectors certified that Baghdad's weapons work had ceased, U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq would have been lifted. But then the Security Council would have imposed an open-ended verification regime, whose free-ranging inspectors would have kept watch on Iraq's military-industrial complex, aided by air and water sampling technology, satellite and aerial surveillance, and monitoring of imports.”

“Intelligence report: Iraq prospects bleak” (AP/CNN 9-16) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/16/us.iraq.ap/index.html
New York Times (9-16) http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iraq-intelligence.html

Congress Allows 1994 U.S. Assault Weapons Ban to Expire September 13, 2004 despite police chiefs’ and public opinions (USAT 9-9)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-09-assaultwaepons-law_x. htm
http://www.afrtrust.org/
“Rove Speaks out on Bush Win” (USA T, 11-04)
“By Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — President Bush "absolutely" will use his second term to push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, his top political strategist said Sunday. Karl Rove, who oversaw Bush's re-election victory, said Bush will renew the effort, which failed in Congress this year but may enjoy new support after 11 states approved bans on same-sex marriage on Election Day”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-11-07-rove-intervie w_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

“Greenspan Warns That U.S. Deficits Pose Risk to Dollar” (NYT, 11-19-04)
“FRANKFURT, Nov. 19 - Alan Greenspan came to the home of the euro today and warned anxious Europeans to expect little relief from the relentless decline of the dollar against their currency”
“This is not the first time Mr. Greenspan has warned about the risks of a spiraling current-account deficit. In testimony before Congress last February, he said "foreign investors, both private and official, may become less willing to absorb ever-growing claims on U.S. residents."
“As he did last winter, Mr. Greenspan said today that his preferred remedy would be for the Bush administration to bring down both the current-account and budget deficits. That would encourage household savings in the United States, which are also at extraordinarily low levels”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/19/business/19cnd-greenspan.html?hp&ex=1100926800&en=265 918b7fd2a8d29&ei=5094&partner=homepage

“U.S. General speals out on new abuse probe” (USAt, 12-5)
“Gen. Mark Kimmitt, now based in Qatar, spoke on the pan-Arab television network a day after the U.S. military launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees.
Other photos show what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head.
The photos, found by an Associated Press reporter, were among hundreds in an album posted on a commercial photo-sharing Web site by a woman who said her husband brought them from Iraq after his tour of duty.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-12-05-kimmitt_x.htm?csp=21&pubdate=Mon %20Dec%206%2007%3A43%3A20%20EST%202004

Bush Moves to Privatize Social Security (USAt, 11-15)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-11-10-social-security_x.htm?csp=21&pubda te=Mon%20Nov%2015%2013%3A36%3A45%20EST%202004
“A starting point is a plan proposed by a presidential commission in 2001 that would divert 2% of workers' payroll taxes into private accounts. The remaining 4.2% — and the Social Security taxes employers pay — would go into the system, helping fund benefits for current retirees. That leaves a shortfall of at least $2 trillion to continue funding benefits for those current retirees.”

2 TRILLION DOLLARS 2,000,000,000,000.00 ( TWO MILLION MILLION DOLLARS)

USA Today 11-1-04 “DOD warned about Halliburton contracts”
“WASHINGTON — The Pentagon extended a Halliburton Co. contract for 11 months beyond its expiration despite warnings that the company was "out of control" in its work providing troop support in the Balkans, government memos showed”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-10-28-fbi-halliburton_x.htm?csp=21&a mp;pubdate=Mon%20Nov%201%2012%3A36%3A44%20EST%202004

Rather, CBS apologize over controversial Bush Guard “documents” (CBS,9-20) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/20/politics/main644539.shtml
(see link below to actual letters in question)
Rather states “I’m sorry.”

U.S. Inspector’s Report: No WMD in Iraq (USAT, 9-18) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-09-18-iraq-nowmd_x.htm

“Intelligence report: Iraq prospects bleak” (AP/CNN 9-16) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/16/us.iraq.ap/index.html
New York Times (9-16) http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iraq-intelligence.html

Gallup Poll:”Bush Bounce Keeps Going” (Gallup, 9-17)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=13066

Harris Poll: “Bush convention bounce vanishes” (Harris, 9-16) http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=495

First presidential debate Sept 30, 2004

Congress Allows 1994 U.S. Assault Weapons Ban to Expire September 13, 2004 despite police chiefs’ and public opinions (USAT 9-9)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-09-assaultwaepons-law_x. htm

Was CBS duped by fake Bush National Guard records? See the documents for yourself (USA Today,9-9, PDF)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-09bushdocs.pdf

Hurricane Ivan www.weatherchannel.com

“Medicare premiums to see record rise” (9-4,CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/04/medicare.premiums.ap/index.html
“Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year . . . doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses -- will jump to $78.20 from $66.60, a 17 percent increase, the administration said Friday.”

“Democrats step up attack on Bush Guard record” - Authenticity of some records shown on CBS questioned by some experts according to Wash Post (WP, 9-9) www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9972-2004Sep9.html

“Questions raised about Bush guard service” (BG, 9-9) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/09/09/memos_sh ow_bush_suspended_from_flying/

President Bush speaks at RNC (9-2) www.cpanradio.org (video speeches avail on demand)

NY Times Text and Video of RNC Speeches http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/RNC_SPEECHES.html
About.com: (10-18-04)
http://uspolitics.about.com/b/a/2004_10_18.htm
“ Local Advertisers Pulling Out; Internal Exec Denounces Decision
News reports show that local advertisers in Maine, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota have pulled ads from Sinclair-owned stations to protest the conglomerate's decision to force local stations to run the controversial film "Stolen Honor." Even Sinclair's own Washington, DC news chief, Jon Leiberman, has protested: "It's biased political propaganda, with clear intentions to sway this election. For me, it's not about right or left -- it's about what's right or wrong in news coverage this close to an election." “

Rather, CBS apologize over controversial Bush Guard “documents” (CBS,9-20) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/20/politics/main644539.shtml
(see link below to actual letters in question)
Rather states “I’m sorry.”

U.S. Inspector’s Report: No WMD in Iraq (USAT, 9-18) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-09-18-iraq-nowmd_x.htm

“Intelligence report: Iraq prospects bleak” (AP/CNN 9-16) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/09/16/us.iraq.ap/index.html
New York Times (9-16) http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-iraq-intelligence.html

Gallup Poll:”Bush Bounce Keeps Going” (Gallup, 9-17)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/content/?ci=13066

Harris Poll: “Bush convention bounce vanishes” (Harris, 9-16) http://www.harrisinteractive.com/harris_poll/index.asp?PID=495

First presidential debate Sept 30, 2004

Congress Allows 1994 U.S. Assault Weapons Ban to Expire September 13, 2004 despite police chiefs’ and public opinions (USAT 9-9)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-09-assaultwaepons-law_x. htm

Was CBS duped by fake Bush National Guard records? See the documents for yourself (USA Today,9-9, PDF)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-09-09bushdocs.pdf

Hurricane Ivan www.weatherchannel.com

“Medicare premiums to see record rise” (9-4,CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/04/medicare.premiums.ap/index.html
“Medicare premiums for doctor visits are going up a record $11.60 a month next year . . . doctor visits and most other non-hospital expenses -- will jump to $78.20 from $66.60, a 17 percent increase, the administration said Friday.”

President Bush speaks at RNC (9-2) www.cpanradio.org (video speeches avail on demand)

NY Times Text and Video of RNC Speeches http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/RNC_SPEECHES.html BASEBALL: BONDS AT 699 Home runs - only Aaron and Ruth have over 700 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/baseball/mlb/09/13/bc.bbn.sportsshowcas e.ap/index.html

President Clinton to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting Labor Day (9-6, CNN) www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/06/clinton.bypass/index.html
Thousands send messages to former president
www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/index.htm

Hurricane Frances - much larger than Charlie (9-3) Weather Channel

CNN(8-24): 2 Russian airplanes, crash within minutes:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.planecrash/index.html

“Russians Storm School; 100Bodies Found (9-3, ATT) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040903&cat=news&st=newsd84 s7ni80&src=ap

President Bush speaks at RNC (9-2) www.cpanradio.org (video speeches avail on demand)

NY Times Text and Video of RNC Speeches http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/30/politics/campaign/RNC_SPEECHES.html

Olympics: US Women Basketball team win Gold; Men play Lithuania for Bronze
www.nbcolympics.com (8-28)

CNN(8-24): 2 Russian airplanes, crash within minutes:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.planecrash/index.html

Washington Post (8-24) “Bush Campaign Lawyer Advising Group Running Anti-Kerry Ads”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29821-2004Aug24.html

FactCheck.org states Bush ad claims about Kerry Attendance accurate (8-2004)
“Bush Nails Kerry's Poor Attendance at Intelligence Committee Hearings Bush says Kerry missed 76% of public hearings. He could have missed even more” http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=241

Republican National Convention begins Mon Aug 30, 2004- Sept 2, 2004

Olympics: US Men’s B-Ball team loses second game (8-22)

Olympics: Phelps wins 5 Gold (4 individual) 2 Bronze (SI, 8-21) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/swimming/08/21/bc.olympic s.swimming/index.html

NY Times examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (NYT 8-20)
www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html

Washington Post examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (WP 8-19)
“Newly obtained military records of one of Sen. John F. Kerry's most vocal critics, who has accused the Democratic presidential candidate of lying about his wartime record to win medals, contradict his own version of events.”
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Aug18.html

Swift Boat skipper (now a Chicago Tribune editor) breaks 35-year silence in support of Kerry
www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/elections/chi-0408220343aug22,1,2916896.story?coll=chi -news-hed
FREE PASSWORD/LOGIN REQUIRED (Chic Trib 8-22)

FactCheck.org examines Bush ad claims about Kerry Attendance
“Bush Nails Kerry's Poor Attendance at Intelligence Committee Hearings Bush says Kerry missed 76% of public hearings. He could have missed even more” http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=241 .

NY Times examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (8-20) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html

ABC News: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and “The Project for the New American Century” outline Iraq plans in 1998, 2000 http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/DailyNews/pnac_030310.html
“And in a report just before the 2000 election that would bring Bush to power, the group predicted that the shift would come about slowly, unless there were "some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor."
The Project for the New American Century (conservative “think tank”) http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Link provided for reference purposes, no endorsement implied

Claims of “price gouging” after hurricane (NYT 8-18) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/national/18scams.html?th

Eli Manning will start for Giants Thursday (NYT 8-18) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/sports/football/18giants.html?th

Hurricane Charley damage estimated at 11 Billion dollars (ATT 8-15)
Number of Hurricane Deaths Uncertain (ATT 8-14)

Washington Post Headlines, August 15, 2004:
“U.S. Men Thumped by Puerto Rico” US Basketball team loses only third time in Olympic history
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2837-2004Aug15.html

“OSHA Made More Business-Friendly”
By Amy Goldstein and Sarah CohenWashington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 15, 2004; Page A01
“Tuberculosis had sneaked up again, reappearing with alarming frequency across the United States. . . .These steps, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration predicted, could prevent 25,000 infections a year and 135 deaths. . . .Then, on the last day of 2003, in an action so obscure it was not mentioned in any major newspaper in the country, the administration canceled the rules.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1315-2004Aug14.html

Commander retracts anti-Kerry affidavit to Boston Globe (BG 8-6) http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/
Lieutenant Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a ''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star

Lawyer Advising Vets Quits Bush Campaign Updated 8:15 PM ET August 25, 2004http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040825&cat=news&st=new sd84min601&src=ap Separately, Kerry gained some support from a prominent Republican. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner of Virginia, a former Navy secretary, said he was confident Kerry had earned his highest military award based on the officers who had endorsed it.

"Based on persons that I knew extremely well and worked with on a regular basis, I feel that I can speak to the Silver Star, that it is a credible award," Warner said.

CNN(8-24): 2 Russian airplanes, crash within minutes:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/08/24/russia.planecrash/index.html

Washington Post (8-24) “Bush Campaign Lawyer Advising Group Running Anti-Kerry Ads”
“A lawyer for President Bush's re-election campaign disclosed Tuesday that he has been providing legal advice for a veterans group that is challenging Democratic Sen. John Kerry's account of his Vietnam War service.
Benjamin Ginsberg's acknowledgment marks the second time in days that an individual associated with the Bush-Cheney campaign has been connected to the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which Kerry accuses of being a front for the Republican incumbent's re-election effort”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29821-2004Aug24.html

FactCheck.org states Bush ad claims about Kerry Attendance accurate (8-2004)
“Bush Nails Kerry's Poor Attendance at Intelligence Committee Hearings Bush says Kerry missed 76% of public hearings. He could have missed even more” http://www.factcheck.org/article.aspx?docID=241

Republican National Convention begins Mon Aug 30, 2004- Sept 2, 2004

Olympics: US Men’s B-Ball team loses second game (8-22)
:
Olympics: Phelps wins 5 Gold (4 individual) 2 Bronze (SI, 8-21) http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/olympics/2004/swimming/08/21/bc.olympic s.swimming/index.html

NY Times examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (NYT 8-20)
“ George Elliott, one of the Vietnam veterans in the group, flew from his home in Delaware to Boston in 1996 to stand up for Mr. Kerry during a tough re-election fight, declaring at a news conference that the action that won Mr. Kerry a Silver Star was "an act of courage." At that same event, Adrian L. Lonsdale, another Vietnam veteran now speaking out against Mr. Kerry, supported him with a statement about the "bravado and courage of the young officers that ran the Swift boats." www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html

Washington Post examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (WP 8-19)
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13267-2004Aug18.html

Swift Boat skipper (now a Chicago Tribune editor) breaks 35-year silence in support of Kerry
www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/elections/chi-0408220343aug22,1,2916896.story?coll=chi -news-hed
FREE PASSWORD/LOGIN REQUIRED (Chic Trib 8-22)

NY Times examines “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth” (8-20) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/20/politics/campaign/20swift.html
“Several of those now declaring Mr. Kerry "unfit" had lavished praise on him, some as recently as last year.”

ABC News: Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and “The Project for the New American Century” outline Iraq plans in 1998, 2000 http://abcnews.go.com/sections/nightline/DailyNews/pnac_030310.html
“And in a report just before the 2000 election that would bring Bush to power, the group predicted that the shift would come about slowly, unless there were "some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbor."
The Project for the New American Century (conservative “think tank”) http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Link provided for reference purposes, no endorsement implied

Claims of “price gouging” after hurricane (NYT 8-18) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/national/18scams.html?th

Eli Manning will start for Giants Thursday (NYT 8-18) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/sports/football/18giants.html?th

Hurricane Charley damage estimated at 11 Billion dollars (ATT 8-15)
Number of Hurricane Deaths Uncertain (ATT 8-14)

“Tax Burden Shifts to the Middle”
By Jonathan WeismanWashington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 13, 2004; Page A04
Since 2001, President Bush's tax cuts have shifted federal tax payments from the richest Americans to a wide swath of middle-class families, the Congressional Budget Office has found . . .
The CBO study, due to be released today, found that the wealthiest 20 percent, whose incomes averaged $182,700 in 2001, saw their share of federal taxes drop from 64.4 percent of total tax payments in 2001 to 63.5 percent this year. The top 1 percent, earning $1.1 million, saw their share fall to 20.1 percent of the total, from 22.2 percent.
Over that same period, taxpayers with incomes from around $51,500 to around $75,600 saw their share of federal tax payments increase. Households earning around $75,600 saw their tax burden jump the most, from 18.7 percent of all taxes to 19.5 percent”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61178-2004Aug12.html

All Saturn VUEs recalled (Consumer Reports 8-04) http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv4.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=465657&FOLDER% 3C%3Efolder_id=10875&bmUID=1092607879893

Man confesses to murder of girlfriend initialy ruled a suicide, cites “Passion of the Christ” for confession (Yahoo 8-14) http://movies.yahoo.com/news/ap/20040814/109250004000.html

2 Million asked to evacuate Florida http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2004-08-13-charley_x.htm
(USAtoday 8-13)

Four arrested in Florida killings (ATT 8-8) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040808&cat=news&st=newsd84b1sl00&src=ap

Iraqi government shuts down Al-Jazeera for 30 days (ATT 8-7) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040807&cat=news&st=newsd84adv4g0&src=ap

2 Million asked to evacuate Florida
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2004-08-13-charley_x.htm (USAtoday 8-13)

Iraqi government shuts down Al-Jazeera for 30 days (ATT 8-7) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040807&cat=news&st=newsd84adv4g0&src=ap

Commander retracts anti-Kerry affidavit to Boston Globe; McCain asks Bush to disavow ads http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/06/veteran_retracts_criticism_of_kerry/

But yesterday, a key figure in the anti-Kerry campaign, Kerry's former commanding officer, backed off one of the key contentions. Lieutenant Commander George Elliott said in an interview that he had made a ''terrible mistake" in signing an affidavit that suggests Kerry did not deserve the Silver Star -- one of the main allegations in the book. The affidavit was given to The Boston Globe by the anti-Kerry group to justify assertions in their ad and book

Politics: controversial anti-Kerry ad (CNN 8-5) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/05/kerry.veterans/index.html

Newspaper claims Michael Moore altered front page for movie http://movies.yahoo.com/news/ap/20040801/109140792000.html

Kerry accepts Democratic nomination Thurs www.cnn.com

Poisoned baby food in California (ATT 7-28) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040728&cat=news&st=newsd844658g1&src=ap

Alabama nurses quit over morning-after pill (NPR 7-28) http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3627209

Democratic Convention day 2 : Ron Reagan Jr, Kennedy, Gephardt , Heinz-Kerry and Obama speak www.cnn.com (CNN 7-27) http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3624737 (NPR)

Muslim charity indicted http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/27/holy.land.indictment/index.html

Running back Ricky Williams retires from Miami Dolphins www.si.com

Driver with dashboard DVD player charged with murder in 2 auto deaths http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/27/dvd.traffic.death.ap/index.html

Armstrong wins 6th Tour de France ; Democratic National Convention begins Mon, Clinton to speak Mon 10 PM www.cnn.com

“Genocide” in Sudan (CNN 7-24) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/24/sudan/index.html

Poll: Kerry, Bush even pre-convention (CNN 7-24) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/prez.election/index.html

Cowboys sign Eddie George (NFL 7-24) http://www.dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=ECC10B7E-B69F-9BD1-B344CF0C758BA6A5

9/11 Comission releases report (ATT) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040722&cat=news&st=newsd8404m1g0&src=ap

U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence Report on Prewar Iraq Intelligence - read the actual report (or just conclusions) supplied by the US Senate http://intelligence.senate.gov/ (PDF, 7-04)

“Genocide” in Sudan (CNN 7-24) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/07/24/sudan/index.html

Poll: Kerry, Bush even pre-convention (CNN 7-24) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/22/prez.election/index.html

Cowboys sign Eddie George (NFL 7-24)http://www.dallascowboys.com/news.cfm?id=ECC10B7E-B69F-9BD1-B344CF0C758BA6A5

9/11 Comission releases report (ATT)http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040722&cat=news&st=newsd8404m1g0&src= ap

Low cost airlines cut fares (Yahoo 7-04) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/fare_wars

Investigation of possible Halliburton dealings with Iran http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/AFP/2004/07/20/511117?nbdTopicID=39

Former Clinton National Security Advsor, Sandy Berger, says he made “honest mistake” in removing classified documents to prepare for 9/11 commission testimony (CNN 7-20) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/20/berger.probe/index.html

Rookie, Hamilton wins British Open (Golf Channel, 7-19) http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15101&dv=5217190&select=13659

9/11 Report to be released next week (7-18 CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/16/911.commission/index.html

Prankster causes motorcycle accident (7-18 CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/18/plastic.trap.ap/index.html

90 Indian school children die in fire (7-16/17 CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/india.fire.ap/index.html

U.S. engineer in Iraq murdered on video (7-17,ATT) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040717&cat=news&st=newsd83spluo1&src=ap

Saturday Headlines: Stewart receives 5 month prison sentence; car bombing in Iraq; In second place, Armstrong on track to win 6th consec Tour de France www.cnn.com

Salmonella outbreak in Pittsburgh area linked to Sheetz convenience store http://www.wpxi.com/health/3528465/detail.html (7-14)

NIH Summary of Foodborne Diseases (E Coli, Botulism, Salmonella, Campylobacter) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/foodbornedis.htm - must read for Internal Medicine Boards

Senate votes down amendment to ban gay marriage 50-48 (CNN 7-14) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/samesex.marriage/index.html

NEW: U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence Report on Prewar Iraq Intelligence - read the actual report (or just conclusions) supplied by the US Senate http://intelligence.senate.gov/ (PDF, 7-04)90 Indian schoolchildren die in fire (7-16/17 CNN) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/india.fire.ap/index.html

U.S. engineer in Iraq murdered on video (7-17,ATT) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040717&cat=news&st=newsd83spluo1&src=ap

Saturday Headlines: Stewart receives 5 month prison sentence; car bombing in Iraq; In second place, Armstrong on track to win 6th consec Tour de France www.cnn.com

Martha Stewart to face sentencing Fri (CNN 7-15) http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/15/martha.stewart/index.html

Salmonella outbreak in Pittsburgh area linked to Sheetz convenience store http://www.wpxi.com/health/3528465/detail.html (7-14)

NIH Summary of Foodborne Diseases (E Coli, Botulism, Salmonella, Campylobacter) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/foodbornedis.htm - must read for Internal Medicine Boards

Senate votes down amendment to ban gay marriage 50-48 (CNN 7-14) http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/samesex.marriage/index.html

Newsweek/MSNBC: Election Worries about al Qaeda - plans for delaying US elections if needed http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5411741/site/newsweek (MSNBC 7-12)

Bush again defends invasion of Iraq (MSNBC 7-12) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5423244

Filipino hostage in Iraq: tape adds confusion (CNN 7-12) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.html

Marine says he was abducted (CNN 7-12) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/marine/index.html

Isabell Sanford of tv’s “Jeffersons” dies (CNN 7-12) http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/12/obit.sanford.ap/index.html

Griffey will not play in Tuesday’s All Star Game; Shaq traded to Miami ? www.si.com (7-11)NEW: U.S. Senate Committee on Intelligence Report on Prewar Iraq Intelligence - read the actual report (or just conclusions) supplied by the US Senate http://intelligence.senate.gov/ (PDF, 7-04)

Filipino hostage in Iraq: tape adds confusion (CNN 7-12) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/iraq.main/index.html

Marine says he was abducted (CNN 7-12) http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/12/marine/index.html

Isabell Sanford of tv’s “Jeffersons” dies (CNN 7-12)http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/12/obit.sanford.ap/index.html

Griffey will not play in Tuesday’s All Star Game; Shaq traded to Miami ? www.si.com (7-11)

Study: Cough syrup useless? (MSNBC 7-2004) www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5377007 Study from July 2004 journal - Pediatricshttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/1/e85

Ken Lay (Enron) pleads innocent (ATT 7-8) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040708&cat=news&st=newsd83n0hl00&src=ap

Kerry picks Edwards as running mate (ATT 7-6) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040706&cat=news&st=newsd83lhu380&src=ap

Former Republican senator suggests Bush dump Cheney (Yahoo 7-7) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040707/ap_on_el_pr/chene y_d_amato

FBI translator suit dismissed (CNN 7-7) http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/06/fbi.translator/index.html

Woman killed in front of empty police station (CNN 7-6) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/06/prof.murder.ap/index.html Study: Cough syrup useless? (MSNBC 7-2004) www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5377007 Study from July 2004 journal - Pediatricshttp://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/114/1/e85

Ken Lay (Enron) pleads innocent (ATT 7-8) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040708&cat=news&st=newsd83n0hl00&src=ap

Kerry picks Edwards as running mate (ATT 7-6) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040706&cat=news&st=newsd83lhu380&src=ap

Former Republican senator suggests Bush dump Cheney (Yahoo 7-7) http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040707/ap_on_el_pr/chene y_d_amato

FBI translator suit dismissed (CNN 7-7) http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/06/fbi.translator/index.html

Woman killed in front of empty police station (CNN 7-6) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/06/prof.murder.ap/index.html

Marine’s fate unknown www.abc.com

Marlon Brando dies at 80 www.abc.com

More states/D.C. ban handheld cellphones in cars www.abc.com

Hussein appears in court Wash Post 7-1http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19746-2004Jul1.html?referrer=email

Richardson (New Mex governor) withdraws from Kerry VP consideration 7-1-04http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040701&cat=news&st=newsd83ibnv00&src=a p

Fed raises key interest rate (first time in 4 years) Wash Post 6-30http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18096-2004Jun30.html?referrer%3Demail Kerry picks Edwards as running mate (ATT 7-6) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040706&cat=news&st=newsd83lhu380&src=ap

FBI translator suit dismissed (CNN 7-7) http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/06/fbi.translator/index.html

Woman killed in front of empty police station (CNN 7-6) http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/07/06/prof.murder.ap/index.html

Marine’s fate unknown www.abc.com

Marlon Brando dies at 80 www.abc.com

More states/D.C. ban handheld cellphones in cars www.abc.com

Hussein appears in court Wash Post 7-1http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19746-2004Jul1.html?referrer=email

Richardson (New Mex governor) withdraws from Kerry VP consideration 7-1-04http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040701&cat=news&st=newsd83ibnv00&src=a p

Fed raises key interest rate (first time in 4 years) Wash Post 6-30http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18096-2004Jun30.html?referrer%3Demail

Saddam to face charges in Iraq Thursday (ATT 6-29) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040629&cat=news&st=newsd83h325o0&src=ap

US transfers sovereignty to Iraq - 2 days early (6-28 AT&T) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040628&cat=news&st=newsd83g0io00&src=ap

Latest poll shows Kerry lead becoming small 45-44 (CBS 6-28) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/28/opinion/polls/main626478.shtml

Supreme Court rules for Bush in terrorism case 5-4 (CNN, 6-28) http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/28/scotus.enemy.combatants.ap/index.html but also rules against administration on related issues 8-1 and 6-3 according to NBC

Alzheimer’s drug (Aricept) shows no benefit in latest study (prior shorter term studies were more promising) (WebMD/AT&T) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/health?e=pri&dt=040624&cat=news&st=news100252&src=webmd 6-27

Gas prices down to ave $1.92/gallon (CBS 6-28), still up over 40 cents from 1 year ago

Latest poll shows Kerry lead becoming small 45-44 (CBS 6-28) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/28/opinion/polls/main626478.shtml

NATO leaders agree to train Iraqi forces (6-28 AP/AT&T) http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040628&cat=news&st=newsd83g0rj00&src=ap

Doctors and drug companies being investigated for unethical payments to doctors veiled as “consulting” fees (NYTimes)http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27DRUG.final.html?ex=1089353314&ei=1 &en=2b4fea83107937bf 6-27

Lewinsky not pleased with Clinton memoir, calls Clinton “revisionist,” says “He has lied.”http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040625&cat=news&st=newsd83e3mmg0&src =ap

Bush interviewed by Justice Dept attorney in investigation into CIA leak scandal http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040624&cat=news&st=newsd83dipl80&src=ap (AT&T 6-24)

Doctors and drug companies being investigated for unethical payments to doctors veiled as “consulting” fees - Doctors cashing checks being investigatedhttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/business/27DRUG.final.html?ex=1089353314&ei= 1&en=2b4fea83107937bf

Ron Reagan Jr. campaigns against George W. Bush on CNN’s Larry King Live, in previous interview to online political magazine he calls Bush’s presidency “overly reaching, overly aggressive, overly secretive, and just plain corrupt. I don't trust these people." http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/14/ron_reagan/

Cheney uses “f-word” on Senate floor in argument with Senator over Halliburton dealings, investigation of VP (MSNBC 6-25) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5289848/ Washington Post (6-25) reports Cheney glad he used the word “And as I say, I felt better afterwards.” “I thought it was appropriate here”, Cheney said on Fox.”

More than 100 dead in Iraq (NY Times 6-25) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/international/middleeast/25IRAQ.html?th

4 killed in Turkey bus bombing before Bush visit for NATO summit (NYT 6-25) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/international/europe/25turk.html?th

Cover-up of Iraqi prison murder (NYT 6-25)http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/international/middleeast/25ABUS.html?th

Bush interviewed by Justice Dept attorney in investigation into CIA leak scandal http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040624&cat=news&st=newsd83dipl80&src=ap (AT&T 6-24)

CIA official blasts U.S. terror policy http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040623&cat=frontpage&st=frontpageanonymous_c ia_book_040623&src=abc (AT&T 6-23)

US State Department falsely reported decline in terrorism when actually increased since 2001 - Powell apologizes - amended report released http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040622&cat=news&st=newsd83cc39g0&src=ap Bush interviewed by Justice Dept attorney in investigation into CIA leak scandal http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040624&cat=news&st=newsd83dipl80&src=ap

CIA official blasts U.S. terror policy http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040623&cat=frontpage&st=frontpageanonymous_c ia_book_040623&src=abc

S. Korean hostage beheaded 6-22-04 (AT&T)http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040622&cat=news&st=newsd83cc3l00&src= ap

Castro warns Bush against attack on Cuba (Yahoo News)http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040621/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cuba_us_pro test

Connecticut Governor Resigns over graft charges http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040621/ap_on_re_us/connecticut_governor

In TV interview, Cheney hints he has information 9/11 Panel doesn’t regarding Iraq, al Qaeda and 9/11 www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/20/cheney.iraq/index.html

9/11 panel refutes any significant connection between Sadam/Iraq govt. and al Qaeda or 9/11 attacks (AT&T)http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=040616&cat=news&st=newsd838c8980&src= ap

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